He was driven to the brink of madness.

他被逼到了疯狂的边缘。

Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.

文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。

The church seems to be on the brink of schism.

该教会看来处于分裂的边缘。

The hotel is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.

这家旅馆正濒临破产。

The country is teetering on the brink of civil war.

这个国家正处在内战的边缘。

Their economy is teetering on the brink of collapse.

他们的经济正摇摆于崩溃的边缘。

The king now stands on the brink of a political precipice.

这位国王现在正站在政治悬崖的边缘。

The Russian peasantry stood on the brink of disappearance.

俄罗斯农民濒临消亡。

The government brought itself to the brink of fiscal disaster.

该政府把自己带到了财政灾难的边缘。

The farmers say recent inflation has driven them to the brink of ruin.

那些农民们说最近的通货膨胀已经把他们逼到了破产的边缘。

She hovered on the brink of death for three months as doctors battled to save her.

3个月来在医生们奋力挽救她的生命的过程中，她一直处在死亡的边缘。

Other parapsychologists believe the field is on the brink of collapse, having tried to produce definitive scientific proof and failed.

其他前卫的心理学家则认为，该学科曾试图提出明确的科学论证，但却失败了，因此该学科正处于瓦解的边缘。

Sensors and circuits were on the brink of failing and NASA experts realised that they had to do something or lose contact with their probe forever.

传感器和电路濒临故障，NASA 的专家们意识到他们必须做点什么，否则将永远与探测器失去联系。

This activity has occasioned some surprise since it is widely believed that the bank, carrying a large number of bad loans, is on the brink of collapse.

这一行为引起了一些意外，因为人们普遍认为，背负着大量不良贷款的这家银行正处于崩溃的边缘。

The extinction of myriad biological species aroused deep concern which led people to an understanding of the special importance of protecting rare animals and plants on the brink of extinction.

无数生物物种的灭绝引起了人们的深切关注，使人们认识到保护濒临灭绝的珍稀动植物的特殊重要性。

Scientists are on the brink of making a major new discovery.

科学家很快就会有新的重大发现。

They are on the brink of resolving their long-standing dispute over money.

他们即将要解决彼此之间为时已久的金钱争议。

The other two were in recovery, still teetering on the brink of sobriety.

另外两人正在康复中，仍然不太清醒。

Lisa was on the brink of crying, but she bit her lip to hold the tears at bay.

丽莎就快哭出来了，但是她咬住嘴唇不让眼泪流出来。

Besieged by rival governments and ninja clans, Utakata stands on the brink of war.

乌塔卡它在敌对政府和忍者氏族的包围下，处于战争的边缘。

Insurance firms teeter on the brink.

保险公司正处于危险的边缘。

Could we be on the brink of beating flu?

我们是否即将战胜流感？

Britain is also on the brink of deflation.

英国也处在通缩边缘。

The country is again on the brink of civil war.

科特迪瓦再次陷入了内战的边缘。

It is clear we have stepped back from the brink.

很明显我们已经从危险的边缘退回来了。

The economy is teetering on the brink of collapse.

白俄罗斯的经济正处于风雨飘摇中，濒临崩溃的边缘。

Europe is on the brink of a major financial disaster.

欧洲目前正处在一场大规模金融灾难的边缘。

America stands on the brink of an industrial revival.

美国正处于工业复苏的边缘。